This half term we are starting a new unit on:
'How we express our feelings, ideas and experiences through Art'
To explore various Art form and acquire practical skills each week is planned with a specific skill
week 9: tearing paper
week 10: weaving
week 11: drawing
week 12: painting
These topics will be linked to Christmas:
week 13: collage
week 14: sculpting
week 15: print making
For our first Art lesson on tearing children were learning how to tear paper in a specific shape. First they traced the shape they wanted to tear and then they tried to tear the paper in that shape. This is very challenging for them.
Benefits of learning how to tear paper:
Learning to move, reach and grasp helps children develop the muscles and skills to scribble and learn to write when they get older. Body awareness and learning to do big movements (like crawling and walking) and small movements like the pincer movement (where you lift up things with your index finger and thumb) are important parts of your child's development. It is part of awakening and developing your brain. For your young child, reaching for objects helps build their coordination and will help them hold crayons later on.
Benefits of learning how to tear paper:
Learning to move, reach and grasp helps children develop the muscles and skills to scribble and learn to write when they get older. Body awareness and learning to do big movements (like crawling and walking) and small movements like the pincer movement (where you lift up things with your index finger and thumb) are important parts of your child's development. It is part of awakening and developing your brain. For your young child, reaching for objects helps build their coordination and will help them hold crayons later on.
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